Barbara Shelley

Barbara Shelley

Known for

Acting

Born

February 13, 1932

Birthplace

London, England, UK

Died

January 3, 2021 (aged 88)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barbara Shelley (born 13 February 1932) was an English film and television actress.

She was at her busiest in the late 1950s (Blood of the Vampire) and 1960s when she became Hammer Horror's number one female star, with The Gorgon (1964), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966), and Quatermass and the Pit (1967) among her credits. Although she is known as a scream queen, in fact her most famous scream (in the aforementioned Dracula film) was dubbed by co-star Suzan Farmer.

She also appeared in Village of the Damned (1960) and in the 1984 Doctor Who serial Planet of Fire.

In 2010, writer and actor Mark Gatiss interviewed Shell...

Best known work

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963

Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned

1960

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

1966

Quatermass and the Pit

Quatermass and the Pit

1967

EastEnders

EastEnders

1985

The Gorgon

The Gorgon

1964

The Avengers

The Avengers

1961

The Saint

The Saint

1962

Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

1956

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

1966

Filmography

2013
The House of Horror - Memories of BrayTV
as Herself (5 episodes)
2012
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
as Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent
2010
A History of HorrorTV
as Self (3 episodes)
2009
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
as Herself
2008
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
as Self
2007
Cinemassacre's Monster MadnessTV
as Helen Kent (archive footage) (1 episode)
2007
British Film ForeverTV
as Self (1 episode)
1994
The World of Hammer: Vamp
as Helen Kent
1994
The World of HammerTV
as Self (archive footage) (4 episodes)
1992
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
as Charlotte Darton
1991
The StrangerTV
as Charlotte (1 episode)
1989
The Dark AngelTV
as Cousin Monica (3 episodes)
1988
Maigret
as Louise Maigret
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage)
1987
The Dark Angel
as Cousin Monica
1985
EastEndersTV
as Hester Samuels (2 episodes)
1984
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
as Sorasta
1984
The District NurseTV
as Mrs Pughe-Morgan (1 episode)
1983
By the Sword DividedTV
as Lady Welton (1 episode)
1981
BergeracTV
as Catherine Prescott (1 episode)
1981
The BorgiasTV
as Vannozza Canale (10 episodes)
1980
Pride and PrejudiceTV
as Mrs Gardiner (2 episodes)
1979
Prince RegentTV
as Lady Isobelle Hertford (8 episodes)
1979
Blankety BlankTV
as Self (1 episode)
1978
The Comedy of Errors
as Courtesan